Rick, "that many of the new entrants do not have that zeal or desire to put resources into such activities."
That is about it in a nutshell. Most techs buy a two meter FM radio. You hear them on the local repeaters for maybe a month or so and then disappear into the woodwork. After that investment, are they going to go out and purchase a HF rig, I bet not. Jerry - K0HZI --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am not sure how many high powered, high gain antenna stations there are out there, but it does not seem to be an area of growth like it was at one time. With 100 watts and a good beam, it should be easy to work a similar station from my QTH to the Twin Cities (~ 150 miles). You would think that since there are so many no code technician hams, who can not do long range HF, that they would want to do this on 6 and 2 meters at least. But I have come to the conclusion that by making the licenses easier to get (much, much easier to get), that many of the new entrants do not have that zeal or desire to put resources into such activities. <snip> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
